Elizabethtown Area School District
The Elizabethtown Area School District is a school district in the Northwest corner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania that serves Elizabethown Borough and the townships of Conoy, and West Donegal, as well as the North and West part of Mount Joy Township. It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13.
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| District mascot | Bears |
| Colors | Blue and White |
Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Elizabethtown Area School District is in pink in the North-West corner of the county.
Schools
Schools in the Elizabethtown Area School District include:
- Elizabethtown Area High School
- Elizabethtown Middle School
- Bainbridge Elementary
- East High Elementary
- Mill Road Elementary
- Rheems Elementary
- Bear Creek Intermediate School
National/State Recognition
The high school has won state championships in field hockey in 1974, baseball in 1993.[1] The district's Quiz Bowl Team was national runner up at the 2004 National Academic Championship.[2]
In November 2015, Mill Road Elementary School was honored as a National Blue Ribbon School. In that same year, East High Elementary School was honored as a "High Achievement Reward School".
District profile
Comparison to other Lancaster County school districts
| 2016 SAT: average scores Lancaster County schools | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School district | Reading | Math | Writing | Total |
| Cocalico | 514 | 524 | 495 | 1534 |
| Columbia Borough | 460 | 448 | 427 | 1335 |
| Conestoga Valley | 515 | 511 | 479 | 1505 |
| Donegal | 515 | 508 | 492 | 1515 |
| Eastern Lancaster County | 526 | 524 | 493 | 1544 |
| Elizabethtown Area | 529 | 532 | 495 | 1556 |
| Ephrata Area | 525 | 526 | 496 | 1546 |
| Hempfield | 535 | 556 | 505 | 1595 |
| Lampeter-Strasburg | 524 | 533 | 511 | 1567 |
| Lancaster | 425 | 436 | 407 | 1268 |
| Manheim Central | 507 | 510 | 483 | 1501 |
| Manheim Township | 539 | 553 | 515 | 1608 |
| Penn Manor | 516 | 523 | 483 | 1521 |
| Pequea Valley | 531 | 526 | 492 | 1549 |
| Solanco | 509 | 512 | 471 | 1492 |
| Warwick | 537 | 539 | 507 | 1584 |
| County average | 513 | 516 | 484 | 1514 |
| Pennsylvania average | 481 | 485 | 458 | 1424 |
| U.S. average | 494 | 508 | 482 | 1484 |
| Each test section is out of a score of 800 points. | ||||
| Source: Public School SAT Scores, PA Department of Education | ||||
| U.S. Average Source: 2016 SAT Report, CollegeBoard | ||||
| Pennsylvania System of School Assessment 2016-2017 Average PSSA exam scores for Lancaster County schools | ||||||
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| School district | Elementary Reading | Elementary Math | Elementary Science | Intermediate Math | Intermediate Reading | Intermediate Science |
| Cocalico | 78% | 53% | 91% | 74% | 38% | 62% |
| Columbia Borough | 50% | 35% | 80% | 41% | 15% | 29% |
| Conestoga Valley | 72% | 52% | 81% | 71% | 46% | 60% |
| Donegal | 69% | 51% | 79% | 60% | 41% | 66% |
| Eastern Lancaster County | 67% | 49% | 87% | 69% | 49% | 60% |
| Elizabethtown Area | 72% | 62% | 86% | 66% | 48% | 63% |
| Ephrata Area | 73% | 60% | 85% | 61% | 46% | 51% |
| Hempfield | 76% | 62% | 88% | 73% | 48% | 70% |
| Lampeter-Strasburg | 82% | 67% | 86% | 74% | 56% | 61% |
| Lancaster | 55% | 44% | 70% | 36% | 16% | 31% |
| Manheim Central | 73% | 57% | 88% | 63% | 51% | 72% |
| Manheim Township | 83% | 75% | 91% | 79% | 57% | 71% |
| Penn Manor | 73% | 65% | 86% | 68% | 46% | 64% |
| Pequea Valley | 71% | 57% | 89% | 57% | 27% | 50% |
| Solanco | 57% | 50% | 86% | 62% | 35% | 56% |
| Warwick | 74% | 44% | 82% | 73% | 44% | 71% |
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Notable Graduates
- Gene Garber, former major league baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves.
References
- http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/results/Spring/Baseball%20-%20Past%20Championships.pdf
- "The Quizbowl Wiki Has Moved". www.doc-ent.com.
- "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
External links
- Elizabethtown Area School District
- Elizabethtown Area High School
- Elizabethtown Middle School
- Bainbridge Elementary School
- East High Elementary School
- Fairview Elementary School
- Mill Road Elementary School
- Rheems Elementary School
- Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
- Lancaster-Lebanon Sports League
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